4 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series — beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) — set in an archipelago world where magic requires knowing the true names of things, following the wizard Ged from childhood to old age.
American author who revolutionized science fiction and fantasy by centering anthropological imagination, gender theory, and anarchist political philosophy in genre fiction — producing works of lasting literary and cultural significance.
J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published mythology of Middle-earth, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Contains the creation myth (Ainulindale), the history of the Elves and the Silmarils, and the deep backstory for The Lord of the Rings. One of the most ambitious works of secondary world mythologizing in literature.
J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumously published mythological history of Middle-earth (1977, edited by Christopher Tolkien). Variant title of The Silmarillion — the creation myth of Ea, the Music of the Ainur, the fall of Morgoth, and the heroic ages of the First Age.